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STEP-UP SERIES 2025: UPSC Sociology Current Affairs
310 Marks in Sociology. Every question in UPSC Sociology is driven by current affairs.
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The programme includes:
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It is possible to secure an outstanding score in Sociology irrespective of the nature of questions! Answer copy is attached below.
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Every question in UPSC Sociology 2021 was driven by current affairs. Click here for detailed analysis
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UPSC Sociology 2021: Every question was driven by Current Affairs
Sociology Current Affairs were the driving force behind all questions of UPSC Sociology 2021. Know more in this article!
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This articles goes through every single question of UPSC Sociology 2021 – paper 1 and paper 2 – and analyses the relevance of our programs.
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Month wise PDF of Sociology Current Affairs Magazine
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2021 GS and Essay Papers [Evidence based analysis]
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It is the true story of two candidates appearing in Mains 2016. Candidate A could not attempt around 30 marks of questions in Paper 1 of Sociology. He had a serious fight in the family the day before the exam.
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[2021] Top 100 Sociology Current Affairs
Time to be devoted on this compilation: 1-2 hour(s).
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Our Toppers’ Answer Copies | Meghana Kavali (Rank 83) | Catherine Saranya (Rank 157)
Answer copies of UPSC Sociology toppers are attached in this article
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Catherine Saranya (IAS, 2020) – Sociology Strategy
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Graphical representation of fluctuations in UPSC cut offs from 2015 to 2020
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You don’t have enough attempts to commit all mistakes by yourself and then learn from them. That’s why you ought to learn from the strengths and weaknesses of your peers.
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UPSC Sociology Current Affairs: STEP-UP Series 2020-2021
Two important prerequisites for a good score in UPSC Sociology are:
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UPSC Sociology 2019 analysis: High role of Current Affairs
All questions in UPSC Sociology, 2019 were driven by CURRENT AFFAIRS!
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From Mead’s perspective : Artificial Intelligence and sociology of mind
In USA senate hearing last year, Mark Zuckerberg used the term “Artificial Intelligence” 28 times. The term “trust’ occurred 20 times, “freedom” 4 times and “democracy” 3 times. Proliferation of everyday use of Artificial intelligence in the form of chat bots, Smart home systems etc lead us to realize that AI lives as a ‘non-human intelligent actor’ in the society.
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Dedicated to those who just missed the UPSC final list!
“Suppose you are the District Magistrate of ABC district having XYZ problem.” Must have come across this statement in Ethics paper. That’s where all this starts! Continue reading “Dedicated to those who just missed the UPSC final list!”
Make handwritten notes online | Smart Preparation
Gaurav Agarwal made online notes.
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Towards a sociology of adoption
Data from Ministry of Women and Child Development suggest that out of 11649 adoption in India 6962 are girl child. A country which has stitched son meta preference as biological child, it seems strange superficially to find daughters are in demand for adoption. Continue reading “Towards a sociology of adoption”
Sociology of India’s coalition politics
Elections in India are like wars where you can’t afford to loose even a single battle. In American politics while there are obvious connections between economics and politics, In India the connections are more lopsided towards social factors.
Netflixed Entertainment and its social reflections
For a long time Television remained the product for entertainment consumption, as least for our generation. Today this television is reorienting itself with avatars of Netflix and internet Web-vision. Continue reading “Netflixed Entertainment and its social reflections”
BUDGET 2019 for UPSC Sociology – (interim)
INFORMAL SECTOR is a sub-topic in UPSC Sociology Paper 2. Budget 2019 proposes a mega pension yojana namely ‘Pradhan Mantri Shram–Yogi Maandhan’ for the unorganised (informal) sector workers.
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Economic criteria in reservation – Sociological reflections
The 103rd Constitutional Amendment passed in Loksabha and Rajyasabha. It literally took a mere debate of 72 hours as a new policy got stamped in cabinet committee and went ahead to successfully garner crucial special majority in houses of Parliament.
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Surveillance governance: Sociological reflections
George Orwell well iterated in his work 1984 “who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past“. Continue reading “Surveillance governance: Sociological reflections”
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UPSC Sociology is a dynamic subject.
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15 days to UPSC Mains – time to be more of YOURSELF
There are good chances that whatever NEW materials you read in the last 15 days may not add further value to your Mains marks. Continue reading “15 days to UPSC Mains – time to be more of YOURSELF”
Handmade NOTES of UPSC Sociology toppers
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UPSC Sociology: NCERT topicwise notes for those extra marks
There is a common confusion among many UPSC Sociology aspirants.
“I am preparing for UPSC Sociology. I went through the NCERTs, however, I did not find it very useful.”
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UPSC topper Anudeep Durishetty | Essay copy – 1 | What we can learn!
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UPSC Sociology: High impact articles by Sociologists
This post is a compilation of articles by Sociologists themselves. The articles are directly related to topics mentioned in UPSC syllabus. Smart reading of these first hand articles would help in opinion formation and analysis of questions asked in UPSC Mains, which is the trend now.
How to read these articles for maximum impact in UPSC Sociology-
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UPSC Interview: Sociology questions
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When is the best time to prepare Sociology for UPSC?
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This news article touches all 4 GS papers | UPSC Mains
Couple sell new born baby girl to settle hospital bill
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The latent advantage of failing in UPSC prelims!
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UPSC Sociology – Paper 1 IGNOU topic wise notes
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[Books] UPSC Sociology & GS : Previous years’ questions
If you are not going through previous year questions of Sociology, you may be working hard, however, not smartly. Continue reading “[Books] UPSC Sociology & GS : Previous years’ questions”
Sociology for UPSC 